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Descriptor English: Prosthodontics
Descriptor Spanish: Prostodoncia
Descriptor odontología protésica
Entry term(s) implantología dental
prótesis dental (especialidad)
Scope note: Especialidad dental que se ocupa de la restitución y mantenimiento de la función oral mediante el reemplazo de los DIENTES y estructuras que faltan por dispositivos o PRÓTESIS DENTALES.
Descriptor Portuguese: Prostodontia
Descriptor French: Prosthodontie
Entry term(s): Dentistry, Prosthetic
Prosthetic Dentistry
Tree number(s): E06.780
H02.163.876.708
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011476
Scope note: A dental specialty concerned with the restoration and maintenance of oral function by the replacement of missing TEETH and related structures by artificial devices or DENTAL PROSTHESES.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 65
History Note: 65
Related: Oral Surgical Procedures, Preprosthetic MeSH
DeCS ID: 11918
Unique ID: D011476
NLM Classification: WU 500
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Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/02/10
Prosthodontics - Preferred
Concept UI M0017839
Scope note A dental specialty concerned with the restoration and maintenance of oral function by the replacement of missing TEETH and related structures by artificial devices or DENTAL PROSTHESES.
Preferred term Prosthodontics
Entry term(s) Dentistry, Prosthetic
Prosthetic Dentistry



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